TG426's 2010 JKu

[tg426]

Guess it is time to start a build thread. I've been driving and wheeling my 2010 Wrangler JK Unlimited for almost a year and a half in pure stock form. The stock GY all season tires are not cutting it anymore and a couple of them have more than one patch so it is time to upgrade them. That will mean getting new wheels too. Since the new tires are pretty close to size of the stock tires on the higher end JK's (mine is a Sport) and will fill up the flares more than I have now and I want to level out the Jeep so I got a set of coil spring leveling spacers (3/4") which will let the JK sit perfectly level. For the wheels, I went with Procomp 7069's in 16x8 with 4" BS. This wheel will allow me to run a 35x12.5 in the future.

I ordered the wheels, spacers, black lug nuts and tailgate bump stops for the spare from River City Offroad, Marcus is one of the best guys in the business to deal with, excellent service and the absolute lowest prices.

I am getting the tires at Goodyear in Selden, the manager Steve there is great, he matched the best online price I could find. I prefer to get the tires locally in case there is any issues I dont have to deal with shipping and waiting.

Here are the photos...

Procomp 7069:



fitment of the new wheel to check clearance:




fitment of one tire mounted to check clearance and the look front and back:

before:


after:




installed the leveling coil spacers today:







post lift, front and rear are perfectly level now...


Tires will be mounted, installed and aligned tomorrow!

More to come...

[orangecrush4u]

Looking good, can't wait to see it all together.

[tg426]

Here she is....

[Tat2dfreak]

Looks good, looks like there still plenty of room in the wheel wells and probably could have gone with 33's

[HuLuD44]

Clean looking wheels. Tires and wheel make the truck. You def coulda fit 33"s even with out the .75 level and been ok with you gears and axles. Those tire will make a big difference on the trail.

[tg426]

Thanks guys, I wanted to keep it close to stock for now and I did not want to fill the flares up with too much tire (is there such a thing as too much tire? probably not!) I am very happy with the look and am sure performance off road will be greatly improved going from the smaller all season tires to the Duratracs. The next upgrade once out of warranty will be to 35x12.5 tires, on those wheels with a RockKrawler coil spring lift (not spacers) and I will regear at that time and probably go with lockers. But for now as my DD, light trails and the beach this will be just right.

[tg426]

more photos for the build log...
tire and wheel install:

last look with the stocks...














full alignment...


much better now....


soon to come...photos of the JK in it's natural evvironment. and no, not at the mall wise-asses!

[tg426]

Out on the trail...

[tg426]

CB Install

CB installed and tuned perfectly...



mounted it in the console, cut the small section of the tray for the CB to peek thru...



mounted a waterproof West Marine remote speaker...



installed the rugged ridge antenna spare mount...



The CB is a Uniden 520ProXL and the antenna is a Solarcon, top loaded. This is a popular one with the truckers who mount them on their mirrors and does not require as much 'reflecting' off a metal roof or trunk surface to get the signal out. Seems to work pretty good but all I got on it was a bunch of guys screwing around talking spanish in Patchogue...will have to try it out on the trail, someday, when I get to RC.

[tg426]

Evap Skid Install:

Poison Spyder Customs JK Evap Skid...



makes a great product even better...



my youngest Jeep fanatic all ready to help...



removal of the evap cannister...



installed...



sticker stuck...